Chapter 380

Eighth Year of Great Xia, April 28th, second half of the night.

There was less than two double-hours until dawn.

The streets of Xia City were filled with people who had returned from hunting and gathering outside, either rushing to the various district offices to turn in supplies or having just finished turning in supplies and preparing to go home.

Near the main hall of the inner city, Residence No. 15.

In the main hall on the first floor, Xu Ning sat at the head of the table with vacant pupils and a hollow expression, his face still in the same indifferent and confused state as before.

Xia Hong stood in front of Xu Ning, holding a liver in his hand.

That liver was pitch-black and shiny, pulsing slightly at an extremely slow rhythm, as if it still had vitality, looking incomparably eerie.

There were six other people in the hall: Hong Qiaoru and the three children, Xu An, and the Camp Needs Department official Qiu Peng. The six people's gazes were both nervous and expectant.

Xia Hong slowly placed the liver on the lower right side of Xu Ning's chest, aiming at the part where his original liver was located, and then slapped it fiercely.

That black liver, when it approached Xu Ning's liver, seemed to sense something and suddenly began to pulse faster. Then, after being slapped hard by Xia Hong, it suddenly erupted with a strong light upon contacting Xu Ning's body, actually melting directly into Xu Ning's body.

"Ugh…………"

Xu Ning, who had been silent for over half a year and had always maintained an indifferent and confused state, actually let out a painful muffled groan at this moment.

A strong green light suddenly rose from his liver area, rapidly spreading to his whole body, and then, after only a moment, gathered toward his eye position.

It seemed that upon noticing that Xu Ning only had a left eye, those green lights suddenly stagnated when they gathered at his eye area, but they soon recovered and continued to divide into two paths, surging toward his two eyes respectively.

Seeing this change, a look of expectation instantly appeared on Xia Hong's face.

The others were still somewhat confused, but soon, shock and joy appeared on all their faces.

Because Xu Ning's right eye socket, which had been hollow for over eight years and completely shriveled, actually began to bulge again.

Moreover, the turbidity in his left pupil was rapidly dissipating. As his gaze gradually cleared, the indifference and confusion on his face also began to recover rapidly.

Hum…………

After a long time, Xu Ning's body shook violently, and two green lights shot out from his pupils. His eyes completely recovered their clarity. Raising his head to see Xia Hong, Xu An, and the others in front of him, his expression froze for a moment, and then, thinking of something, he quickly stood up and said: "My lord, Dajue Temple..."

After Xu Ning's body recovered, his memory clearly remained on the night he escaped death from Qinghepu. He recounted the situation of Dajue Temple in one breath. After finishing, seeing that the three of them were completely unmoved, as well as his wife Hong Qiaoru, who was weeping with joy beside him, he immediately sensed something in his heart.

He suddenly noticed his eldest son, Xu Cheng, behind his wife. Seeing the change in Xu Cheng's appearance and realizing that his son's basic strength was already over three thousand jin, his expression froze: "Cheng'er has started cultivating? How long have I been in a coma?"

"Dad, you finally recognize me!"

"Dad..."

Just when Xu Ning was speaking, Xu Cheng could no longer hold back. Hearing his father call his name, he flew into Xu Ning's arms in excitement. His younger brother, Xu Ping, followed closely behind, rushing forward to hug Xu Ning from the left and right with his brother.

Seeing his two sons so emotional, Xu Ning could already confirm that he had been in a coma for a long time, so he hurriedly looked up at his younger brother, Xu An.

"Big Brother, it is now the 28th of April, the eighth year of Great Xia. From September 24th last year until now, you have been in a coma for a full seven months and four days. Dajue Temple is gone, and that Master Wusheng who extracted your soul has been beheaded by the lord. The lord used the liver from his body to save you..."

Xu An kept it short and quickly told Xu Ning about the situation over the past half year. Of course, the focus was still on Xia Hong saving him.

Hearing that Dajue Temple had been destroyed and that Great Xia now occupied Hongguan and had taken the eastern thoroughfare, Xu Ning's expression was incomparably excited. Hearing that Xia Hong had fought five people alone to save him and beheaded the three great masters, his expression was incomparably moved. He walked directly to Xia Hong, bowed, and said with a guilty expression: "Your subordinate was greedy for merit and advanced rashly, causing the lord to take such a risk to save me. I truly deserve death!"

"No need for that. Your greed for merit and rash advance is indeed true, but it is also thanks to the intelligence on Dajue Temple that you risked your life to bring back that our Great Xia could repeatedly seize the initiative in this round of battles. In the end, being able to take Hongguan and successfully open the eastern thoroughfare, you have rendered great service. Although you ended up in a coma for over half a year, this can also be considered... a blessing in disguise!"

After Xia Hong finished the last four words, he looked at Xu Ning with a strange expression.

Xu Ning was somewhat puzzled at first, but soon he sensed something. After feeling his fists for a moment, his expression shook violently, and his face was full of ecstasy.

"My eyes have recovered, and not just my eyes—my strength has also surged by nine zong, twenty-seven zong, this..."

Xu Ning only realized in a daze that his right eye could see things again. Just as a look of joy appeared on his face, he became even more excited because he felt the guarantee of his basic strength.

He remembered very clearly that when he escaped death last year, his cultivation was still a bit short of the Cold-Resisting peak, and his basic strength was eighteen zong. He had broken through to the Cold-Resisting Realm with superior combat body aptitude, and his basic strength at the time of breakthrough was 2.7 zong.

Calculating this way, without the improvement of external objects, his basic strength would be at most less than 22 zong when he reached the Cold-Resisting peak.

Xia Hong had only opened up the Wuyuan water area in October last year. Although Great Xia had already produced Dragon Carp Pills and Green Cod Pills, Xu Ning was completely unaware of them.

"I can feel that I am still at the late Cold-Resisting cultivation level, so I am now... a supreme-grade combat body aptitude!"

Xu Ning suppressed the ecstasy in his pupils, walked to Xia Hong, and bowed solemnly: "The lord's grace of rebirth, Xu Ning will never forget!"

"No need for formalities, get up."

After Xia Hong signaled Xu Ning to get up, a look of excitement also appeared in his eyes.

"The internal organs of the five great masters can actually improve combat body aptitude."

Xu Ning used Master Wusheng's liver, and he still had two pieces in his hand: Master Yanlong's heart and Master Jin Gang's lungs.

In this way, Great Xia could produce two more supreme-grade combat bodies!

Supreme-grade combat body aptitude was absolutely very rare!

Great Xia's population was now approaching one million. Currently, the only people confirmed to have supreme-grade combat body aptitude were himself, Li Ying Xuan Ling, Xia Chuan, and Yu Wentao.

The key was that Xia Hong had already broken through to the Xianyang level, and he knew very well how large the strength gap would be after people with different combat body aptitudes broke through to the Xianyang level.

Every additional one was a huge improvement for the future of the camp.

Although Hong Qiaoru was a woman, she was not ignorant. She was already very happy that her husband's right eye had recovered. Hearing that her husband now had supreme-grade combat body aptitude, her expression was even more excited. When Xu Ning bowed to Xia Hong to thank him just now, she also held her little daughter and bowed along with him.

The two little children, Xu Cheng and Xu Ping, did not understand so much, but seeing their father's expression so happy, they were happy too.

Xu An and Qiu Peng on the side, while happy for Xu Ning, naturally also revealed some envy. They were also superior-grade combat bodies and knew very well the significance of supreme-grade combat body aptitude.

"Master Wusheng's liver should have more benefits than just improving combat body aptitude. Study it well yourself in the future. Once your cultivation breaks through to a later stage, if there are any special changes, you can tell me."

"Your subordinate obeys!"

After Xia Hong finished giving instructions, he looked at Xu Ning and smiled: "After resting for over half a year, it's about time. Your position as Wuyuan official has already gone to Shi Ping, so I have to arrange a new position for you..."

Learning that his Wuyuan official position had gone to Shi Ping, Xu Ning was not surprised at all. After all, he had been in a coma for over half a year; how could Wuyuan not have someone in charge?

However, hearing that Xia Hong was going to arrange a new position for him, a look of nervousness and expectation still appeared on his face.

"There are a total of five vacant deputy official positions: Military, Jurisdiction, Prison, Civil Affairs, and Craftsman. You definitely wouldn't be interested in Craftsman and Civil Affairs; you don't lead troops, so it's not appropriate for you to go to the Military Department; the Prison Department needs to stay in Xia City, and you probably wouldn't like it either. Just go to the Jurisdiction Department and be a partner with Yuan Cheng, how about that?"

"Thank you, my lord, for the promotion. Your subordinate will definitely overcome all obstacles, open up territory for our Great Xia, and go through fire and water without hesitation!"

From Wuyuan official to deputy official, from the fourth rank to the third rank—there was no doubt this was a promotion. The key was that Xia Hong was so attentive to his position arrangement that Xu Ning was moved beyond words, and he was so emotional that he almost knelt down.

"How many contribution points do you have?"

Hearing Xia Hong suddenly ask about his contribution points, Xu Ning was stunned for a moment, but soon subconsciously turned to look at Qiu Peng.

Qiu Peng clearly knew why Xia Hong asked this and said with a smile: "Xu Ning's net worth is quite substantial. He has been lying at home for over half a year and still has over five million contribution points!"

Xu Ning nodded immediately. Before he fell into a coma last year, he indeed had over five million contribution points. Not to mention that his wife had used them for over half a year, even if she used them for a lifetime, it would probably be enough.

"Master Wusheng's liver has an original price of 10 million contribution points. I'll give you a discount and count it as 8 million. Whenever you have saved enough, go to the Camp Needs Department and have Qiu Peng settle the account!"

"My lord, rest assured, your subordinate will definitely pay off this eight million as soon as possible."

Xu Ning was stunned for a moment, then turned to see Qiu Peng and Xu An, who were snickering on the side. While answering Xia Hong with a bitter smile, a warm current flowed through his heart again.

To be able to obtain supreme-grade combat body aptitude—not to mention ten million contribution points, even if it were one hundred million or one billion, as long as it could be taken out, Xia City would absolutely fight over it.

Xia Hong was clearly giving him a way out on purpose, meaning that he didn't take this liver for nothing, so even if others found out in the future, there would be something to say.

Besides, for someone like him who held a high position in Great Xia, although ten million was not a small amount, it was not a very difficult matter. At most, it would take a few years of effort to save it up.

"Alright, since your body has recovered, you can't just sit idle. After occupying the north bank of the Ying River, there are many new outposts in the camp. Yuan Cheng is stationed at the Hongguan Camp with Xia Chuan and definitely doesn't have time to manage things here. You, as a deputy official, also need to start playing your role. Sort out those outposts and see how to arrange for people to go there. Also..."

Xia Hong paused here, turned to look at Qiu Peng, and asked: "How many Cold-Resisting Realm experts and Earth-Digging Realm limits does the camp have now?"

"6,402 Cold-Resisting Realm experts and 18,628 Earth-Digging Realm limits."

Xia Hong frowned slightly. He remembered very clearly that when he left the pass last year, these two numbers were 5,054 and 14,547 respectively.